-Ryan Ferrier is once again joined by artist Valentin Ramon, who he worked with on D4Ve.

-After a drug and drink fueled life, protagonist Teddy is sentenced to the hell for his transgressions. Once he’s there, he finds it’s nothing like he expected.

-Expected detailed debauchery on the level of Nancy in Hell or any Garth Ennis series when you pick up Hot Damn!

C-3PO #1 one shot

-Long overdue, Marvel is finally release the C-3PO one shot!

-A tie-in for The Force Awakens, this one shot explains how C-3PO received his red arm.

-This issue will re-team the acclaimed creative duo of James Robinson and Tony Harris, who have not worked together for two decades!

-This oversized issue is important for any die hard Star Wars fan!

Moon Knight #1

-Cult favorite character Marc Spector, essentially the Batman of the Marvel Universe, returns with his own ongoing series!

-Moon Knight has fought the good fight for many years, but when he wakes up in a mental institution and is told he’s always been there, he has to confront the fact that all of his adventures may have occurred in his head.

-Hot off the heels of an acclaimed Star Trek/Green Lantern miniseries, Mike Johnson teleports on-board to write this five issue miniseries.

-A prequel to the 2009 Star Trek film, Starfleet Academy stars the lead cast (Kirk, Spock, Uhura) as young recruits!

-Joining the original cast is an entirely new group of Starfleet students who are setting out on their own adventure.

Lucifer #1

-A spin-off of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series!

-DC‘s Vertigo imprint has been churning out new, inventive titles recently, with Lucifer being the newest!

-Best selling YA novelist of The Spiderwick Chronicles, Holly Black, will be writing this series.

-In preparation for the upcoming Fox television series based on Lucifer, this ongoing sees Lucifer and his brother, Gabriel, stuck on Earth, tending bar and attempting to solve the mystery of their father’s murder. That father, by the way, is God.

Squadron Supreme #1

-Following the success of last week’s Scarlet Witch #1, James Robinson launches another ongoing Marvel title.

-Spins out of the Secret Wars tie-in miniseries, Squadron Sinister!

-If you’re not familiar with the Squadron Supreme, they are essentially the evil Justice League of the Marvel Universe!

-In their current iteration, the Squadron Supreme are assembled from survivor’s of dead worlds. They blame The Avengers and have set out to systematically destroy each member.

Weirdworld #1

-If something doesn’t have a proper place in the Marvel Universe, it goes to Weirdworld!

-Now that Convergence is over, DC has canceled nearly half of their line and are replacing it in June with about twenty-four new series!

-The first wave of these new titles release this week. DC‘s directive with this relaunch is not to erase continuity, but to expand the tones and genres represented at the company. Creative over homogeneity.

-The new titles out this week include Bat-Mite, Batman Beyond, Bizarro, Midnighter, and Omega Men.

-Returning series with new creative teams or storylines include Action Comics, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Justice League, and Lobo.

Groot #1

-With Secret Wars underway and the Rocket Raccoon series defunct, Marvel is filling that space with another member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

-A meta series at heart, Airboy is about the creation of itself. Wait, what?

-Yes, writer James Robinson (Fantastic Four, Earth 2, Starman) has written himself into his own comic. His struggles with adapting Airboy, a character from the forties, his personal life, and his addictions are detailed across the series.

-Oh, but wait! It’s not that easy, as Airboy, himself, actually begins appearing in the real world and confronting Robinson. Talk about bringing a character to life.

Secret Wars Miniseries Releases

-With all of the main Marvel ongoing series going away, the Secret Wars tie-in miniseries continue to roll out.

-Out this week are Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows (MJ and Peter are married again!), Armor Wars (Tony versus all the other armors!), and Future Imperfect (Maestro Hulk returns!).

-Also out is Giant Sized Little Marvel AvX (Skottie Young’s baby variants as a comic!), X-Tinction Agenda (Cable and the nineties are back in force!), and Years of Future Past (Kitty Pryde returns to the far flung future of the X-Men).

-And for those who’ve been craving for more, Secret Wars #3 is also out this Wednesday!

-Unbeknownst to him, Doctor Henry Hayes is secretly activated as Deathlok when he ventures beyond American borders. Instead of healing ill citizens like he intends to, he ends up committing top secret assassinations.

-Nathan Edmondson, whose skills with espionage narratives have served him well on the Punisher and Black Widow series.

-Skottie Young also provides another super cute Baby Variant cover for this series, complete with super soaker guns in place of Deathlok‘s pistols.

Axis Revolutions #1 (of 4)

-Another major tie-in miniseries for Marvel’s Axis event!

-The Axis equivalent of the Avengers vs. X-Men Versus miniseries was to that event. Basically, all fights all the time.

-Each of the four issues will feature two separate stories (that take place inside the events of the main Axis miniseries), written and illustrated by different creators.

-The first issue of Axis Revolutions will feature a story written by Pulp Fiction’s own Dennis Hopeless!

Marvel 75th Anniversary one-shot

-Timely Comics, who eventually became Marvel Comics, began publication in 1939, seventy-five years ago!

-To celebrate, Marvel is releasing this over-sized, single anthology that contains stories by veteran comic writers and artists.

-The writers included in the issue are James Robinson, Bruce Timm, Brian Michael Bendis, Tom DeFalco, and Len Wein.

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